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AUSTRALIAN OPEN RECENT HONOUR ROLL SINCE THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN MOVED TO MELBOURNE PARK IN 1988, 10 WOMEN AND 13 MEN HAVE BEEN CROWNED CHAMPION: WOMEN STEFFI GRAF (GER) 1988-90, 1994 MONICA SELES (USA) 1991-93, 1996 MARY PIERCE (FRA) 1995 MARTINA HINGIS (SUI) 1997-99 LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA) 2000 JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA) 2001-02 SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 JUSTINE HENIN-HARDENNE (BEL) 2004 AMELIE MAURESMO (FRA) 2006 MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS) 2008 MEN MATS WILANDER (SWE) 1988 IVAN LENDL (USA) 1989-90 BORIS BECKER (GER) 1991, 1996 JIM COURIER (USA) 1992-93 PETE SAMPRAS (USA) 1994, 1997 ANDRE AGASSI (USA) 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003 PETR KORDA (CZE) 1998 YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV (RUS) 1999 THOMAS JOHANSSON (SWE) 2002 ROGER FEDERER (SUI) 2004, 2006, 2007 MARAT SAFIN (RUS) 2005 NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) 2008 RAFAEL NADAL (ESP) 2009
HOST BRUCE MCAVANEY HOST — AUSTRALIAN OPEN For Bruce McAvaney, 2010 marks his 21st Australian Open coverage and the tournament is still just as special. “It’s the first Grand Slam of the year which gives it extra significance,” he says. “For any player to win all four majors in the one year – the ultimate in tennis – they have to win in Melbourne. The other major distinction is the venue. Its retractable roof means there’s always at least one match playable. And it’s an event that grips the city.” In 2010, Bruce can’t think of a year when it’s been so difficult to pick an obvious winner. “On the men’s side, there are probably up to five or six that have a genuine chance. [Roger] Federer or [Rafael] Nadal have won 19 of last the 22 Grand Slams, which is pretty hard to dismiss but I’m going to pick Andy Murray to have that breakthrough win everyone’s been waiting for. The obvious other dangers are [Novak] Djokovic and [Juan Martin] Del Potro. With a favourable draw, I also think Lleyton [Hewitt] can get to the second week. He has worked hard to get his ranking up this last year. “And after New York, anything’s possible on the women’s side because of [Kim] Clijsters. She just came out of a two and a half year retirement and won the US Open. That was after missing 10 straight Grand Slam events. Now [Justine] Henin, who, before she retired was the dominant player in women’s tennis, is making a comeback and she’s only missed seven. But there’s always the constant of Serena [Williams], who has won four of the last events and when she sets herself, she is always the one to beat.” When it comes to sports broadcasting in Australia, Bruce has no equal. No one possesses his depth of knowledge, dedication to the job or extensive preparation. Dubbed the “mastercaster”, his television career began in Adelaide in 1978 when he joined ADS7 to read sports news and produce the weekly Racetrack show. His first big break came in 1980 when he hosted the Adelaide end of Channel Seven’s telecast of the Moscow Olympics. In 1983, he joined Channel Ten to read sport news. In 1984, he went to the Los Angeles Olympics to commentate athletics and host. In 1988, he co-hosted the telecast of the Seoul Olympics to overwhelming public and critical acclaim. During his time at Ten, Bruce also called the Melbourne Cup from 1985 to 1988 and hosted sporting telecasts including the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome and the 1988 Grand Prix Athletics in Berlin as well as reporting from the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. In 1989, Bruce returned to Seven. Since then, he has hosted and commentated events such as the AFL Grand Final, Brownlow Medal, Melbourne Cup, Bathurst 1000, Australian Open tennis, Australian Masters Golf, Bledisloe Cup and Tri- Nations Rugby, five World Athletic Championships, two World Swimming Champs, the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1998 Nagano Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics, 2006 Torino Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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